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Sisal Leaves

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Several workers standing in a field in Yucatan, Mexico, cutting sisal leaves. The sisal was used by International Harvester to make binder twine.
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Balling Machine in Operation

Date: 1905
Description: A man operates a balling machine while another handles spools of binder twine. The men may have been working at the McCormick twine mill in Chicago.
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Filipino Cart

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Description: A Philippine Islands man sits in a cart drawn by several water buffalo. The man may have worked in International Harvester's sisal and twine operation.
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Combing Fibre

Date: 1905
Description: Men in a factory comb fiber (fibre), the first process preparatory to spinning. International Harvester used sisal fiber to make binder twine. The men may ...
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Federal Bird Warden

Date: 1921
Description: J.M. Eheim posing outdoors with multiple birdhouses.
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Men Sitting on Pier

Date: 1915
Description: Two men sit on a pier with a beach and several homes in the background.
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IHC Library

Date: 04 1925
Description: Men and women are using the resources at the IHC Agricultural Extension Department Library, located at 616 S. Michigan Avenue.
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Man Looking Through Electro File

Date: 04 1925
Description: Mr. Priestman standing on a ladder, looking through the "electro file."
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Hinsdale Storefronts

Date: 1920
Description: View from across street of two men standing in the storefronts of, on the left, the Hinsdale Provision Co. and on the right, the Robberts Fancy Grocery. Th...
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Woman on Platform Near Urban Street Market

Date: 1917
Description: A woman searching through a burlap sack. Two men are standing beside her on a platform near an urban street market.
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School Meeting

Date: 1917
Description: View from back of room of children sitting in a classroom for a Union Pacific preparedness special campaign. The instructor is pointing to a sign reading: ...
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Businessmen Shaking Hands

Date: 1921
Description: Businessmen Starbuck and Hayne shaking hands in an office setting.
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Horse-Drawn Streetcar

Date: 1917
Description: Mrs. Howie standing beside a horse-drawn streetcar of the Covington Line. The car is manned by a conductor.
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Spraying Trees with Pesticide

Date: 1922
Description: Two farmers operating a pesticide sprayer while another man looks on from atop a nearby International 8-16 tractor.
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McCormick-Deering 15-30 Tractor & Sprayer

Date: 05 1923
Description: A farmer is driving a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor with a sprayer attachment in front of a farmhouse. Two men are working in the foreground.
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Mixing Pesticide

Date: 04 1923
Description: Two men mixing arsenate of lead before starting out for the orchard on R.R. Roberson's farm. A man on a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor and sprayer is look...
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Boy and Girl Working in the Field

Date: 1917
Description: A girl and a boy doing field work beside a wagon.
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Two Men Sifting Compost for a Garden

Date: 06 1923
Description: Two men sifting compost soil through a screen.
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Working with a Compost Pile

Date: 06 1923
Description: A man cutting down a compost pile with a shovel.
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Field Work

Date: 1920
Description: Two men working with walking cultivators(?) in a field.

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